Re: Norton products problems

From: Mike (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 07:00:00 -0400

Norton also 'patches' its programs regulalrly.. a better idea for the end
user than having to go buy the latest version every month, don't you
think?..

"anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1312001c4439d$45f50af0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Leslie,
> >Things are in a state of flux, with Microsoft having
> >bought an anti-virus software company and now planning to
> >upgrade their firewall to protect both incoming and
> >outgoing communications. They are in the process of
> >adding anti-virus protection; I believe their offerings
> >will be making their debut with the release of Windows
> >Service Pack 2.
>
> Let me see if I got this straight. MS is getting into the
> AV/PC security field?
>
> Great! Now we'll not only have to patch the OS, but we'll
> also have to patch the "security application".
>
> Can't wait!!!

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